Folding hood or canopy.



C. E. DUUS.

FOLDIING HOOD 0R CANOPY.

APPLICATION FlLED MAY 2. l9l4.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

C. E. DUUS.

FOLDING HOOD O R CANOPY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2} 1914.

1,165,233. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

C. E. DUUS.

FOLDING HOOD 0R CANOPY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1914.

1,165,233. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

C. E. DUUS.

J FOLDING HOOD 0R CANOPY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1914- Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

CHARLES ERNEST DUUS, OF SOUTH BELGRAV-IA, LONDON, ENGLAND.

FOLDING HOOD OR CANOPY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed May 2, 1914. Serial No. 835,907.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLEs ERNEST Dons, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 29 Gillingham street, South Belgravia, in the county of London, England, have invented new and useful I mprovements in or Connected with F olding".

Hoods or Canopies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hoods of that class which are provided with a forward extension adapted'to cover the front part of the car. Hoods of this type are commonly known as one man hoods by reason of the facility with which they can be manipulated. In this class of hood in order to prevent the front or extension sagging it has hitherto been necessary to employ a knuckle or hinge butt joint in the horizontal supporting arms to serve as a locking means. Joints of this character are expensive to produce and one of the objects of the present invention is to dispense with a joint of this type and to provide a more simple and less expensive locking means and generally to simplify the construction of the device.

For convenience the invention will be described in connection with a motor carriage although it is equally applicable as a canopy for seats.

. In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a motor car fitted with a hood constructed according to the present invention. Fig. 2

is a similar view showing the principal parts of the framework of the hood separately. Fig. 3' is a plan thereof. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of part of a motor car showing the hood in its folded position. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail view of part of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a side elevation, partly in section of a motor car fitted'with a modified construction of hood. Fig. 9 is a similar view' to Fig. 8 showing the principal parts of the framework of the hood separately. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of part of the car showing the hood in its folded position, and Fig. 11 is a side elevation of part of a two seater motor car having the present invention applied thereto in a slightly modified form.

In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference and 2 to 4, 9, 10 and 11 aredrawn to an increased scale, and Figs. 5 to 7 are drawn I to a further increased scale with respect to'the 1 other figures of the drawings.

In carrying the invention into effect the.

following arrangement of parts is employed on each side of the vehicle as will be readily understood. Referring to F igs. 1 to 7 a represents the car body, a represents the door for the entry of passengers, a represents the door for the driver and h represents the cover of the hood. Pivotally connected to the car body a at a point I) to the rear of the door a is a back falling pillar b which with its fellow carries the main hoop stick b To the upper end of the back falling pillar b is pivotally connected at 0 one end of a long approximately horizontal arm 0 which is formed in two lengths or sections pivotally connected together at c and in the extended position of the hood this arm 0 has a slight sag at the joint 0 as shown at Figs. 1 and 2. This horizontal arm 0 and the corresponding one on the other side of the car a carry the front hoop stick a Pivotally connected to the back falling pillar b at a point a! a short distance below the junction 0' therewith of the long horizontal arm a is a stay d which has an upward inclination. This upwardly inclined stay (2 is pivotally connected with the inner distance beyond the point d and at or near its extremity is pivotally connected at e to one end of a link 6 having a downward inclination and the other end of which link 6 is pivotally connected at e to the outer section of the horizontal arm 0 at about its midlength. The second hoop stick d is carried by the upwardly inclined stay d and its fellow on the other side of the car a.

That part of the upwardly inclined stay (Z between its point of connection d with the horizontal arm 0 and the back falling pillar b is divided at the point d and formed.

erably provided with a pair of disks (1,

or it might be other like means, for embracing the horizontal arm a and pr'eventin lateral movement oi the device thereby sti 9 ening the entire structure.

In the collapsed position of the hood as shown at Figs. 4 to 6 the curved arts (1 back falling of the upwardly inclined stay (1 at t e joint 01 abut against the back'fallmg pillar b and the horizontal arm 0 and prevents the other parts of the device and the hoop sticks from unduly creasin hood and whic is a common fault with car hoods. V

The rear part of the hood beyond the back falling pillar b may be constructed inany usual way; in the present case a back stay 7' is at its lower end pivotally connected to the car body at b and carries a hoop stick f. The hood may be easily collapsed by downwardl breaking the joint dof the upwardly inc 'ned stay at.

In the" example given at Figs. 8 to.10 a slightmodification shown. In this case thelower end,

pillar b is formed with a crank 6 and the ba k stay f at its lower end is formed with a crank f and is pivotally connected at f with. the crank b of the back falling pillar b.- By this construction in the collapsing-of the hood the crank 6 turns in a downward and forward direction carrying with it the back stay f and thus the hood is caused to fold in a more com act manner than by the arrangement described with respect to Figs. 1, to 7.

In the example given at Fig. 11 the back falling pillar b' at its lower end is cranked at b and pivotally connected to the lower end, of the back stay as hereinbefore described but in this case the back stay is not cranked and a supplemental back stay gis employed back stay y v By the means hereinbefore, described a which is pivotally connected'at .g' tofth hood of simple and eiiective form is obtained which is less costly to produce than existing devices of a similar type and which gives the maximum of rigidit-y to the structure.

What I cla1m is 1.In a carriage hood havin a forward "extension, a pair of back f a ling pillars hinged to the car body, a pair .oflong ap proximately horizontal arms pivotally con"- nected to t eback falling pillars and carry: ing a hoop stick, said arms being each formed in two lengths or sections jointed and chafing the cover of the beyond the point b of the together, upwardly-inclined stays pivotally ed with the long horizontal arms at points to the-rear of the joints of the latter, joints in said upwardly inclined stays to the rear of their pivotal connection with the long horizontal arms, said joints abutting against the long horizontal stays, and being provided with means for laterally embracing the same so as to laterally stiffen the structure, link connections between the lon horizontal arms and the upwardly incline stays near to the ends ofthe latter, said links having a rearward and upward inclination and a hoop stick carried y said upwardly inclined stays as set forth.

2. In a carriage hood havin a forward extension, a pair of back fa ling pillars hinged to the car body, a pair of longapproximately horizontal arms pivotally connected to the back falling pillars and carrying a hoop stick, said arms being each formed in two lengths or sections ointed together, upwardly inclined stays pivotally connected with the back falling illars at oints'below the junctions therewlth of the horizontal arms and also pivotally connected with the long horizontal arms at points to the rear of the joints of the latter, oints in said upwardly lnclined stays to' the rearof their pivotal connection with the'longhorizontal arms, said joints abutting against the long horizontal arms, disk like enlargements in each side of each of said joints adapted to embrace the long horizontal stays between them, link connections between the lon horizontal arms'and the upwardly incline sta s near to the ends of the latter, said lin having a rearward and upward inclination and a hoop stick carried by said upwardly inclined stays as set forth..

3. In a carriage hood having a forward extension, a pair of back falling pillars hinged to the car body, a pair of long horizontal arms pivotally connected to the back falling pillars and carrying a hoop stick,

.clined stays pivotally connected with the back falling'pillars at points below the junction therewith of the long horizontal arms Ill and also pivotally connected with the long horizontal'stay at points to the rear of the joints of the latter, joints in the said-up -wardly inclined stays to the rear of their pivotal connection with the long horizontal arms, said joints abutting against the long horizontal stays, link connections between the lon horizontal arms and the upwardly incline stays near to the ends of the latter,

' said links having a rearward and upward inclination, a hoop stick carried by said upwardly inclined stays, rearwardlfy cranked the cranks of the back falling pillars and a extensions on the lower ends 0 the back hologl'stick carried by said back stays as set falling pillars below their axes, a pair of fo 5:

back stays extending rearwardly and 'u CHARLES ERNEST DUUS. 5 wardly and at their-lower ends downwa y- Witnesses: f

and rearwardly cranked, pivotal connections C. H. .Wnrm,

between the extremities of said cranks and O. J. Worm 

